Worst vehicle you have ever owned?

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junkxj

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After having a long conversation with a perspective buyer this afternoon, I had to reflect on this question myself.
I have owned well over 100 vehicles in my life, and the one that comes to mind as the absolute worst is a .....

1984 Corvette with the Z51 handling package. Drove and rode like poop, and was an overall POS.
 
1977 f150 4x4.

I bought it in 2002. It was a piece then, I didn’t do much to make it better. It was my first foray into wrenching.

Come to think of it, it never had a chance.
 
We need some guide lines here.Worst as in left you stranded,nickeled and dimed you to death,or ???


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I bought a 1994 F150 4x4 RCSB 5 speed 300i6 for $400. Drove it home. It had it's share of issues and rust. But then again, I only paid $400 for it. Kept it several years and sold it for a grand.
 
96 Dodge Mark 3 conversion van. Still not sure why I bought it, other than delusions of grandeur...thought it would make some kinda cool long drive/camp site rig with a tv and rear fold down bed. 318 with about 94k on the odo, Started blowing major oil after a week. Trans would arbitrarily lose gears. And my personal favorite, regardless of fix, nothing could keep it from randomly dying...whether idling or highway speeds.
 
89 Ford F-150. Only new anything I have ever bought. 16K on the clock threw a rod through the block.
 
DLOR said:
Seems to be a lot of fords just sayin
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‘84 Ford Country Squire wagon paid $400 for it, puked trans pump seal on belt line the first week
thermostat stuck, bolts broke off in intake,
blew a brake caliper then a rear wheel cylinder
possibly a blown head gasket
changed oil, it rattled every time on cold start up on with 10w30, changed to 20w50 and it wasn’t noticeable after the first startup
all in a 6 month time frame
sold to a used car dealer for $500
 
Another one for Ford! 97 Ranger.
 
DLOR said:
Seems to be a lot of fords just sayin
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Usually when you sell more product than the others combined there will be more issues.
Dodge owners are usually too ashamed after overpaying to do anything but fanboy (@Chris_Keziah being the exception) Chevy owners are usually mechanics (by default)

2000 VW GTI was likely the worst (most items broken over time)
Could have been the absolute thrashing my best friend gave it from the day he bought it new, or my teenage son hammering it as the second owner. Made it 240k but not for lack of replacement parts

Mom owned a 1978 Honda civic wagon. She bought it used with under 40k
Left her stranded about a dozen times before she sold it in 1985. I was too young to remember what all was fubarred on it but she hated it
 
2001 Dodge 1500. Cracked dash, wouldn’t get out of its own way (5.2), transmission was on its way out at 40,000, exhaust hangers started breaking at random, and a bunch of other crap that added up. It was an all around shitty truck that turned me against dodge other than a cummins.
 
2003 Highlander v6, leaks oil everywhere,belts are jammed against the strut tower and a bitch to change and adjust. The intake and a water pipe has to be removed to change the plugs, shitty brake design,size and stopping power even w brand new rotors,calipers and ceramic pads.Power window motors are shit. Water seeps through the back hatch in hard rains and soaks the carpet (stink). The roof is curved across the top. If its parked w the front downhill the rain from half of the roof flows to the sides and into the channels in the roof under the roof rack where it races down till it hits the front rack mount that dams the channel, water spills over the side of the roof like its poured out of a pitcher and soaks you getting into or out of the front seats when it's raining. It will pour down the back of your head and past your collar and soak your back/shirt/jacket etc on down to your ass no mater how fast you move.
 
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1991 Ford Explorer. Bought used in 1998 and engine had been replaced. That should have been a sign.

I actually bought another one in 2003, a 1992, so that through college I had at least one working vehicle. I'd steal parts off one to fix the other, then if something major broke I'd swap parts back to the other, throughout the school year. Then over the summer, when I was working and had money, I'd fix them both back up for the start of the school year.

Transmissions were the biggest issue. I dont remember now how many times they were rebuilt.

7 days into having an actual job after college I bought a civic.
 
96 ZJ I traded for on here. Had less than 200k miles, but it ran like it had a million. Finally decided to get rid of it when the driver door fell off in the parking lot at WalMart.
It was ashamed it was such a pos, it looked good.
 
obullfish said:
Now I know where @josh$$ gets it from, he’s ruff on shit too just like his dad. :lol:
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Thing was, I had just bought it, first ever new vehicle, without someone else's problems being handed to me. 300 6cyl, And seems ever since I had that truck, I am the only one with something bad to say about that engine! But, what sits out in my driveway now? A truck, nearly identical to that 89! Go figure LOL
 
1974 Ford Mustang II. It was the 2.3L four cylinder model. Given, it was a $200 car when I bought it in 1999 so that I'd have something to drive while my K5 was down with a blown engine, but it was still a heap. Everything leaked, only the front brakes worked, rust would clog the fuel pickup in the tank, windshield wipers didn't work, only had low beams, and it leaked more oil and power steering fluid than it burned gas. To top that off, it would randomly throw the timing belt off the cam pulley.
 
04 Dodge intrepid 3.5L. had to remove the windshield wipers to change the cam position sensor, remove the tire to change the battery.
 
CasterTroy said:
Usually when you sell more product than the others combined there will be more issues.
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But does Ford really sell more than Chevy and GMC combined? Sure, they're technically different and separate, but we all know they're not...
 
upnover said:
300 6cyl, And seems ever since I had that truck, I am the only one with something bad to say about that engine!
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It’s the gas I6 equivalent to Cummins fanboys. Muh 7 manes...lasts fureva. No shit doesn’t have enough power to hurt itself. B...b...but it’s a low end stump pulling terk monsta. Well, I’m glad you said...if you’re impressed by that, try any other V8 ford offering during the same era...they’ll plot higher tq numbers at the same rpm across the power curve.

You’re not alone...you just have to talk to someone that can’t tell you the best tasting window on the short bus.
 
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